Abstract
With the invention of ultra-high-peak-power lasers, it is now possible to create a sufficient photon density to study Thomson scattering in the relativistic regime. With increasing light intensity, electrons quiver during the scattering process with increasing velocity, approaching the speed of light when the laser intensity approaches 1018 W/cm2. This was demonstrated using a laser system that produces 400-fs-duration laser pulses at 1.053-μm wavelength with a maximum peak power of 4 TW.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 93 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| State | Published - 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1999 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS '99) - Baltimore, MD, USA Duration: May 23 1999 → May 28 1999 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the 1999 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS '99) |
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| City | Baltimore, MD, USA |
| Period | 5/23/99 → 5/28/99 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy